I tend to put my apps in "folders" (boxes?) on my iPhone, themed by category. I noticed that in my Finance category almost all of my apps are blue. I'm not sure which way the causal arrow points, but I wish each of these company's...
I have recently been doing some research into a kitchen renovation project. The two main components, as I imagine is fairly standard for the genre, are new cabinets and new appliances. Since both time and money are factors we decided to go with IKEA for...
Driving into Montreal (where I have recently moved) I was using, as I generally do when driving, Google Maps. Once you enter Quebec, naturally, many of the street names are in French. Instead of stating the names with French pronunciation, Google Maps opts to go...
Since early this year my partner and I have kept a list where we add a new French word that we learn each day, along with its English translation. Most of my entries come from reading news articles. Which means that a significant proportion of...
Mother’s Day (at least in Canada) was on May 10. Seeing as my mother, who lives in Nova Scotia, is a total of 16,657 kilometres away from her four children we did a Zoom Mother’s Day call. The idea was that we (kids and partners...
To be clear, this post is not any sort of rigorous (or even unrigorous) analysis, but just a "noticing" of a trend that has appeared in my personal Twitter feed. As someone who follows quite a few scientists (mostly cognitive science, psychology and neuroscience), there...
In this time where everyone is coming out with their own bespoke model of the Covid-19 epidemic there has been a bit of pushback. My favorite so far was the tweet by Russ Poldrack where he said something along the lines of "The problem with...
I have been using a countdown timer that breaks my time up into different work and break segments. I have (mainly) gone with a 52/17 work/break schedule based on "science says". Well, prompted by reading that article and then trying it and finding that it...
I remember being in a high school class in France (I was on a Rotary Club exchange) and the teacher making an effort to use my knowledge of America to support a point she was making about the American economy - so she asked me...
Life in France has experienced a few alterations over the last weeks due to concerns over the spread of COVID-19. Schools have been shut down, all non-essential stores have been shuttered (food stores and pharmacies remain open) and now, as of noontime today we are under...